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On Thursday, January 29, The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) proudly began its celebration of the 2015 American Craft Exposition (ACE). This year's ACE Co-Chairs, Debbie Kerr and Liz Dauten, joined over 40 ACE committee members at the Chicago Botanic Garden to tour the Show's gorgeous new location and discuss plans for their 31st season. Special guest speakers included Harriet Resnick, Vice President, Visitor Experience and Business Development at Chicago Botanic Garden, and ACE jewelry artist Christy Klug. "The Chicago Botanic Garden is honored to be hosting this nationally recognized and celebrated event on its grounds," noted Resnick....

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On Thursday, January 29, The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) proudly began its celebration of the 2015 American Craft Exposition (ACE). This year's ACE Co-Chairs, Debbie Kerr and Liz Dauten, joined over 40 ACE committee...

Naper Settlement President and CEO Macarena Tamayo-Calabrese will travel to Washington, D.C., Feb. 23-24 to petition legislators and make the case for museums and tell them about Naper Settlement, an outdoor history museum in Naperville, Illinois. She...

Nature Museum camps
For outdoors-minded, city-surrounded kids, day camp doesn't get much cooler than at the Nature Museum, where field trips might include the Lederman Science Center at Fermilab (to see the bison herd), the Chicago River (for a...

Have you made plans to celebrate the Year of the Sheep? Don't worry if you haven't. The Chicago Botanic Garden has you covered. They are hosting a festive free celebration of Chinese New Year, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21 at the garden, 1000 Lake Cook...

The chilly conditions may seem counterintuitive to tree work, but winter is actually a good time for Highland Park officials to ramp up their battle against the dreaded emerald ash borer.
While the pest has been known of in the North Shore for many...

Monday, Feb. 16: CHICAGO AUTO SHOW FAMILY DAY
Your junior mechanics and race car drivers didn't need an official day to check out all the cars on display through Feb. 22. Nevertheless the Chicago Auto Show hosts its annual Family Day on...

When Jacob Beam distilled his first barrel of bourbon in 1795, Deerfield's first settlers were still 40 years away from arriving but today the company he started has become one of the village's corporate mainstays.
Beam Suntory, the current iteration...

A gardening friend of mine told me that I should be disinfecting my tools whenever I am out in the garden pruning this winter. Is this really necessary?
— Susan Winter, Highwood
The purpose of disinfecting tools is to avoid transferring...

Anne Belmont, a Winnetka resident of 30 years, isn't used to having her photographs be photographed. But since her orchid photography is widely featured at the Orchid Show at Glencoe's Chicago Botanic Garden, shutterbugs naturally take notice.
They may...

My garden has some red-twig dogwoods that are very large and have very little color in their stems. These are supposed to be good plants for winter interest. Should I give up and remove them to plant new ones?
— Monica Jones, Evanston
Shrubs like red-...

If the plant-care anecdotes are true, then this country is practically teeming with serial killers — of orchids. Try as we may, entranced as we may be by their delicate beauty at the Jewel or at a flower shop, we get them home and, well, soon enough we're...

If you've ever tried to go to, say, Shedd Aquarium or the Museum of Science and Industry on the Sunday of a school vacation week, you'll agree that fewer museum visitors isn't necessarily a bad thing.
By that standard, Chicago's museums did well in 2014:...

Emilia Nafe traveled from Germany to what's now Highland Park with her mother, brother and baby sister in 1855 at the tender age of 3. In 1934, when Nafe was in her 80s, she and several other immigrants talked about early pioneer life as part of a...

The untold tonnage of snow left by the weekend blizzard was scraped aside, piled up and liquefied Monday in operations that relied alternately on brute force and delicacy, helping many Chicago suburbs approach normalcy after an unexpectedly fearsome...

Attendance at a consortium of 15 leading Chicago cultural institutions was down slightly in 2014, in large measure due to the "polar vortex" weather that began the year, but blockbuster year-end exhibitions about a rock star and a year in...

I have some trees to remove from my garden over the next few years and was wondering if I can burn the wood in my fireplace. A friend told me that I have some ash trees that appear to have been damaged by emerald ash borer, as well as trees of the...

What's that rosy glow in the distance? It's the dawn of a new gardening year! The long trudge of winter may seem to go on forever, but the days are getting longer and it's time to start dreaming and planning.
Here are some bright new plants you may...

The natural beauty of the Midwest is defined by the region's signature dense forests, sprawling prairies, and flowing lakes, making the area an unsung paradise for nature-lovers.
Glenview photographer-turned-environmentalist Carol Freeman captures a...

I received a Christmas cactus over the holidays and would like some advice on how to best care for it.
— Jerry Johnson, Highwood
Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) is a long-lived winter-flowering houseplant that is often associated with the...

Tu B'Shevat, a little known Jewish holiday with Biblical roots, has become a time for environmental awareness both within the Jewish community and beyond.
A community wide celebration sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) will give children a...